# Wright 2016: Families of Plausible Solutions to the Puzzle of Boyajian's Star > Jason T. Wright, Steinn Sigurdsson, 2016. 10 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The map of rival explanations and the randomness of dip timing. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D8E6XEG2N4H/families-of-plausible-solutions-to-the-puzzle-of-boyajians Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Tabby's star (KIC 8462852)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star)Wright 2016 **0** # Families of Plausible Solutions to the Puzzle of Boyajian's Star Jason T. Wright, Steinn Sigurdsson, 2016. _The Astrophysical Journal Letters 829(1), L3_. Surveys the space of explanations after the fade results: a cloud in the outer Solar System, structure in the interstellar medium, natural or artificial material orbiting the star, an intervening object with a large disk, and variations in the star itself. Finds the dip timings consistent with random and rates the interstellar and intervening-disk models as the more plausible natural ones. **Tabby's star (KIC 8462852)** Articledoi: **[10.3847/2041-8205/829/1/l3](https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/829/1/l3)** Checked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The map of rival explanations and the randomness of dip timing. ## Cited by on this site 10 records [An interstellar cloud or other intervening material passing slowly across the line of sight.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/answers/ANS0D8E7G821ZQ6/an-interstellar-cloud-or-other-intervening-material-passing) Answer ANS [Material between us and the star, not bound to it, such as structure in the interstellar medium or a small…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/answers/ANS0D8E78XP0036/material-between-us-and-the-star-not-bound-to-it-such-as) Answer ANS [Variability of the star itself, for example in its photosphere, rather than an occulter.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/answers/ANS0D8E79WY03MS/variability-of-the-star-itself-for-example-in-its) Answer ANS [The deepest dip timings are consistent with random.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/evidence/EVD0D8E7K5T2W9M/the-deepest-dip-timings-are-consistent-with-random) Evidence EVD [The star's reddening and narrow sodium absorption are consistent with the total long-term dimming.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/evidence/EVD0D8E7GFW0926/the-stars-reddening-and-narrow-sodium-absorption-are) Evidence EVD [The timings of the deepest dips are consistent with being random.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/evidence/EVD0D8E795G77MH/the-timings-of-the-deepest-dips-are-consistent-with-being) Evidence EVD [Wright and Sigurdsson rate the interstellar-medium and intervening-disk models as the most plausible natural…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/evidence/EVD0D8E79DA0E5M/wright-and-sigurdsson-rate-the-interstellar-medium-and) Evidence EVD [Jason T. Wright](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/people/FIG0D8E73A056EW/jason-t-wright) FIG [Tabby's star (KIC 8462852)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star) The mystery article MYS [What causes the slow fading of the star?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/questions/QST0D8E76Z60339/what-causes-the-slow-fading-of-the-star) Question QST ## Cite it ``` Wright, J. T., & Sigurdsson, S. (2016). Families of Plausible Solutions to the Puzzle of Boyajian's Star. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 829(1), L3. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/829/1/l3 ``` [Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/829/1/l3) Key **SRC** 0D8E6XEG2N4H Kind Journal article Rights The publisher's Kept 27 Oct 2026, for editors Checked Against the published article Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D8E6XEG2N4H/families-of-plausible-solutions-to-the-puzzle-of-boyajians/csl.json)